My Moon Buggy Has A Puncture

My moon buggy has a puncture," one of the astro mice complained to the visiting aliens on the Planet Zorg. It had crashed into a rocket, accidentally left by one of the Earth creatures and a stray meterorite rock had splattered the wheel and bent the buggy's inner spokes. A cloud of atomic gas bellowed out ... and suddenly there was the sound of a hiss. The astro mouse had always thought that there was no gravity on the Planet Zorg ... but when his moon buggy hit the moondust, he soon found out, that some things just flop on the Planet Zorg the same as everywhere else. The astro mouse felt a sharp jolt as he hit another crater. My this was a rocky, bumpy ride ! Soon he was ejected from the moon buggy bumper seat - though he didn't feel too much pain since he was wearing his astro mouse space suit and the cream cheese made a soft landing. An oil leak soon sprang, soaked up in moondust and clouds of exhaust fumes bellowed off into the atmosphere. It was going to take a pnuematic that was simply out of this world to blow the punctured tyre up again before the astro mouse could set off on his round - the - Planet Zorg adventure. The Planet Zorg had cream cheese roads, some uphill, some downhill, but of course, all lead to outer space.

Moon Buggy Space Activities

Fill in the spaces so the Astro Mice can rocket off ...

185 + ____ = 476

1 120 + ____ =

5 135 97 + 10 =

37 + 89 =

100 - 65 =

The moon buggy travelled at a speed of 500 metres per hour. Planet Zorg is 19, 583 km long. How long did the journey from one side to another take ?

The Astro mice bumped 4 565 times one each journey - he travelled 5 times each day - in a year, how many times did he bump ?

The Astro mice travelled up a hill 5 000 metres high and back down again. He had to return 6 metres to pick up a bit of left over cream cheese - Then after a rest, the Astro mice went to meet his friend in a restaurant 45 metres away, returning later - what was the total distance travelled ?

© Jacqueline Richards 2005

Answers : 291 ; 4 015 ; 107 ; 126 ; 35 ;

Question 1 : 19, 583 x 1000 = 39, 166 ; 500 Question 2 : 4 565 x 5 x 364 = 8,308,300 ; Question 3 : 5 000 + 5 000 + (6 + 6) + (45 x 2) = 10 117